Pothys is one of the largest chains of textile showrooms operating in South India with a net worth of over Rs 100 crore. Pothys displays and sells a wide range of high quality silk garments and sarees and their flagship store is located in Chennai.

A new dry suit fabric developed by ContiTech offers maximum protection and the greatest possible level of safety in and under water. At the same time, the coated fabric offers maximum wear comfort, as it is extremely lightweight and pleasingly flexible.

Does going organic make better business sense in textiles? This is one of the major questions that pop up today in every meeting bordering on sustainability in textiles. The humanity has to draw a line somewhere and say such & such textile products are harmless to the skin, environment and to life itself.

World demand for silicones is forecast to rise 5.7 per cent per year to $19.3 billion in 2019. The pace of growth in value terms will be in line with that seen over the 2009-2014 period, largely due to an improved outlook for silicone prices.

India´s economic growth has been accelerating in recent years, although it is still below the 10 per cent rate achieved in fiscal year 2010-11. Under the newly-revised series of national accounts released in January 2015, real GDP growth was 6.9 per cent in 2013-14 and estimated to be around 7.4 per cent in 2014-15; these revised figures show a more positive trend and outlook than that based on the previous series.

German Consul General Michael Siebert, honoured Om Prakash, Director of In ORBIT Tours Pvt Ltd and presented the award for his outstanding contribution for promotion of business and leisure travel to Germany for over four decades.

As you enter the compact office of Visagar Polytex Ltd, located near Andheri West (Mumbai) on the SV Road, one notices more than its name what is written under its logo — You Dream, We Create. This sums up what Visagar Poltex has been doing since its inception: Adding value to its products, which include primarily ethnic wear.

SANITIZED AG, Switzerland´s leading worldwide producer of antimicrobial hygiene function and material protection for textiles and plastics, will be presenting at the Techtextil a new technology that, for the first time, assures a UV-resistant, outstanding anti-mildew effect, suitable for aqueous coating systems. This product innovation has already won the ITMA future materials award.

MAG Solvics, an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, is one of the leading textile testing instruments manufacturers, fulfilling the needs of the end-to-end textile industry´s testing solutions. Established in 1991, MAG Solvics has more than 7,500 installations worldwide.